Wash for the hair



' NITED STATES MARY GOLDMAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO,

WASH FOR THE HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,979, dated March 30, 1880.

Application filed February 16, 1880.

vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY GOLDMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter'to be Used as a Wash for the Human Hair and Scalp, of which the following is a specification.

My hair-wash compound consists of the ingredients now to be mentioned, combined in about the proportions stated, viz: lye, filtered and of about such strength as would be obtained in the manner to be stated hereinafter, five to six gallons; hop-tea of about such strength as would be obtained in the manner hereinafter explained, one-half (i) of a gallon; quinine of commerce, (sulphate of quinine,) one-fourth of an ounce; J amaica rum, one pint; bay-rum, one quart. These ingredients are shaken together or mingled by agitation, allowing, of course, sufficient time for the quinine to dissolve before using the wash.

The wash is used in quantity sufficient to bathe the head or to completely saturate the hair and wet the scalp, the head being well rubbed with the hands or with a brush.

The wash acts as a sedative, checking the irritation of the scalp that results in an excessive secret-ion of dandruff and an annoying itching.

I obtain the lye in the following way: Two

(2) gallons of wood-ashes are put into a vessel containing six (6) gallons of water, and then boiled for a short time, say for five minutes. The vessel is then removed from the tire and allowed to stand with its contents for about two hours. The lye is then filtered.

The hop-tea is a decoction obtained by boiling in about a half-gallon or a little more of water about one-half (9 of an ounce of hops. After boiling for, say, five (5) minutes, the tea is strained. The dry hops (ordinary brewers hops) are put in the water after it begins to boil.

The bay-rum, being employed mainly as a perfume, may, if desired, be either wholly omitted or used in much smaller proportion than above stated, and the proportion of J amaica rum be increased correspondingly-say to one quart or three pints-when no bay-rum is used.

I claim as of .my own invention The hereinbefore -described wash for the hair, consisting of a mixture of lye, hop-tea, quinine, and Jamaica rum, in about the proportions specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

MARY GOLDMAN.

Witnesses:

BARNET DAVIS, TOBIAS GOLDMAN. 

